Great, more jobs coming to town. Right? Yes, but almost immediately I started to wonder what kind of IT jobs were being brought here. That's because I've spent the last few months talking with entrepreneurs, investors, scientists and economic development folks. And all of them say the same thing: we need more developers.

Developers. Programmers. Software engineers. Computer scientists. Call them what you will, they're the people everybody is looking for. And it's not just a problem in St. Louis. This year's U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best jobs in the country included Software Developer, ranked the second best job, Web Developer, at No. 6, and Computer Programmer, at No. 9. And that's just the top 10 and doesn't include two other IT jobs (Database Administrator and Computer Systems Analyst) that don't help me to prove my point.

So, will Hudson's Bay Co., which already has 30 to 40 employees working at the 500 N. Broadway building, bring any developers to town for other companies to poach from?

My colleague Matthew Hibbard didn't get a detailed list, but the jobs moving downtown will support e-commerce, point of sale applications and logistics requirements. And while any city in this country would be glad to see jobs being added, I know at least a couple of people who are hoping that Hudson's Bay will bring a few good Java developers to town... and maybe a Ruby on Rails person... or 20.